stricken voiceless...

on friday, i felt a bit of a tickle in my throat.

on saturday, it started feeling kind of raw.

on sunday, i woke up with a wisp of a voice, and my throat was on fire. my voice came back and i started feeling better. later, though, i got to talking a lot (to some girls i visit teach, etc.), and my voice got a bit husky and mannish. then i had a long, late-night chat with my dear lisafriend, and i sounded mannish and a bit froggy, and my voice felt super tired.

this morning, i woke up with NO voice. what.so.ever. what's a girl to do on a monday morning when something like that happens? especially if she's a speech-language pathologist, and her job depends on her voice...functioning?

i ended up canceling my clients, is what. i'm not even feeling sick, per se, but...i mean...really. my voice is g-o-n-e, GONE. even if my clients weren't mostly small children who require prompting to pay attention, to "look at my mouth" for cueing, to hear auditory directions, etc...,vocal rest is the best way to get one's voice back (or so i've been told).

so. i'm at home. resting my voice and relaxing. truly, it's not a bad way to be spending my monday...

anyhoo...because it's been a while since i've posted pictures from my photo-a-day challenge on instagram, i figured i'd do that now. since i've found a few minutes for it. (i tell myself you care; that's my story, and i'm stickin' to it.)

"up"
most people took pictures of the sky, but i lucked out and found this word while playing scrabble

"bedside"

"5pm"
this was actually 6:30. i was with a client at 5:00 and didn't want to violate hipaa...

"smile"
four of my six favorite smiley-faces: seth, jane, kaylee and emmett

"red"
hello, cute mickey mouse carabiner

"clouds"
here we have idaho

"fruit"
nom nom nom! i love grapefruit!

"car"
handsome rob shortly after a rainstorm (which ended up being a terrific car wash this time around!)

"sign"

also! as it turns out, i seem to be allergic to even all-natural mascara, and i am utterly bummed out by it. my next option, it seems, would be fake lashes. i bought some on friday and tried them out on saturday and sunday. what do you think?

be honest...they don't look too bad, right?
i mean, the last thing i want is to look...fake. or skanky.

one last thing: i've developed a bit of an obsession with something called shellac nails, i blame my friend amanda for always having her nails shellacked, and i blame my other friend tiffany for doing shellac at her salon. i'm hooked, people...

oh goodness, i couldn't stop staring at them and feeling them.
they feel so smooth, people. and those colors rock!

this is what my nails look like today; subtle hues.
lovely. and i know my mom likes this better than the blue nails,
but i already know i'll do something bolder next time.
(oh, yes. there will be a next time!)

 i hope this monday finds you well...and with a clear, strong voice!